“We advise against all but essential to travel to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, including the ‘Lost City’. Armed groups are still active in this area, there is extensive cultivation of illegal drugs and the risk of kidnap remains high. While tour organisers may assure you that the trek to the ‘Lost City’ is safe, we do not believe it to be so.  Armed groups are still active in parts of the Sierra Nevada, there is extensive cultivation of illegal drugs and the risk of kidnap remains high. Only visit beach areas and resorts you are reliably advised are safe and should not venture inland as illegal armed groups are active and drugs are grown and processed in the area.” (British Foreign Office Advice)

Well we went anyway… Checked out many different countries travel advice and all the sensible countries (e.g. NZ & AUS) didn’t have a problem only the uptight ones!

This photo is of the Kougis housing that we passed on day two.